9/04/2009 @ 2:50PM

In Depth: 10 Tech Fixes You Can Make Right Now

Don’t Just Run Any Old Report

Canned reports that come with standard software packages rarely do the trick–which means you end up running your company in the dark. Better to pay a few thousand bucks (really, that’s all) for a consultant to craft a slew of reports that tease out truly useful information, such as open orders, shipment schedules, new sales leads and myriad other crucial metrics. If you’re not getting the right information you need from your databases, what’s the point of using them in the first place?